WEBSTER, Mass. — A community in Massachusetts is on the lookout for Goose. But Goose is not a bird; it’s a water monitor lizard with an avian name. Goose, a 5-foot-long lizard, escaped his home in ...

WEBSTER, Mass. (WPRI) — Goose, the 5-foot-long water monitor lizard who escaped from a Webster home two weeks ago, is no longer on the loose. Massachusetts Environmental Police Captain Scott Amati ...

8/2/25 UPDATE: The water monitor has been safely captured, officials said Saturday. A massive lizard that recently escaped from an area home was spotted this week in a southern Massachusetts town.

After a large monitor lizard was recently liberated from a storm drain on the side of Loop 101 in Phoenix, people began to wonder what monitors are and whether they belong in Arizona. A monitor lizard ...